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Neighbors of Pinehurst www.neighborsofpinehurst.com A note from the president March 2018 If you are like me, you are ready to welcome the tapestry of colors that will soon paint our
southern landscape in the glorious broad strokes of springtime. As the crocus and hyacinths fade, among their replacements are daffodils, quince, and forsythia competing with flowering trees such as dogwoods and redbuds, as well as the colorful shades of budding trees whose
leaves will gradually unfurl. In our region, we can be thankful for the ever-changing rows of peach and apple blossoms hinting of future pleasures drawn from their sweet harvests. The spectrum of nature’s colors seems endless, but there is a caveat. If only we could avoid the
natural companion of springtime’s palette, the dreaded onslaught of pollen! Instead we anxiously look to the sky, wishing away this powdery insult to our senses with thoughts of a welcomed downpour and the unanimous sigh of relief that it will bring.
So, March is here and it is time to clean the cobwebs from your golf carts and clubs, check the strings of your tennis rackets, purchase some new balls, and get ready to welcome spring! As
you look at the Neighbors of Pinehurst calendar you will notice open dates to schedule your own rite of passage into this season of rebirth. It’s a good time to consider the ongoing
options within NoP that offer opportunities for new friends and new experiences. Think about joining a book club, a bridge group, a recipe club, a wine club, or a game group such as Bunco or Hand, Knee and Foot. What’s your pleasure?
April is just around the corner and it sounds like another fun Progressive Dinner has been planned for April 28th. We hope that you will consider joining us at this event, whether hosting
a table or being among the guests. The Progressive Dinner is always a great way to embrace friendships, both new and old. I hope to see you there!
Karen Herring
Important notice: The next board meeting will be held at 4:00 p.m. March 7th at the Herring residence, 30
Kilbride. RSVP to Karen Herring, [email protected] or call 910-628-8911.
Book Club I March 22 Book Club II March 9 Book Club III March 14 Book Club IV (BRASS) March 28 Book Club V March 21 Book Club VI (Mystery) March 28 Book Club VII (Novel Neighbors) March 12 Book Club VIII March 7 Book Club IX March 12 Year at a glance 2018 Save the Date
Bunco March 2 Hand, Knee, & Foot March 8
Recipe Club March 13 Spring Progressive Dinner April 28
Lee Ann & Mike Cochrane
If you know anyone who wants to join Neighbors of Pinehurst, have them contact the
Membership Chairperson, Jack MacMillan 420-1344 or [email protected]
2018 Membership
Don't Forget To Renew Your Membership to Neighbors of Pinehurst for 2018! Send your
check in now so you can continue to participate in Neighbors' clubs and activities.
To avoid being dropped from our membership roll, any 2017 Member who wishes to participate in 2018 must send a renewal check made out to “Neighbors of Pinehurst” to:
Jack MacMillan, Membership Chairman, 16 Lochdon Court, Pinehurst NC 28374.
Bunco is an easy, interactive dice game. Couples and singles are welcome. Come
to learn or if you already play, come help others.
Friday, March 2 6:00 p.m.
RSVPs must be received by February 26
Couples and singles are welcome to join the Bunco group that meets on the 1st Friday of every
month. Come meet your neighbors and enjoy a night of fun! Our next Bunco game is on March 2nd at 6 p.m. at the home of Patsy and Mike Peele, 23 Abbottsford Drive, Pinehurst.
Please bring an appetizer or snack to share
It’s only $5 to join in the fun!
All prize money will be given out at the end of the evening!
For more information call Connie Heishman at 717-514-9797 or [email protected]
Congratulations to our February Bunco Winners!
Most Wins Carl Anders Most Losses Mike Peele Most Buncos Pat Harris (guest)
Most Mini Buncos Mike Heishman
Hand, Knee, & Foot
Mark your calendars for the 2nd Thursday of every month at 1 p.m.! We will be playing again March 8th at 1 p.m. Please join your host Jeanne DeParis at 13 Abbottsford Drive, Pinehurst
(Pinewild). Hand, Knee, & Foot is a variation of Canasta that requires six decks and nimble hands capable of holding 20 cards or more.
If you would like to play or learn, please contact our Neighbors Chair, Carol Pizzi, [email protected] or call her on 910-255-6377.
Recipe Club The next Recipe Club will be held on Tuesday, March 13th 12:30 p.m. at the home of Nancy Mack, 60 Abbottsford Drive, Pinehurst (Pinewild). The March theme is anything that has a wee bit of green to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. Please RSVP to [email protected].
We have room for more members! Call Connie Heishman, 717-514-9797 or email [email protected] for more information on Recipe Club membership.
The Recipe Club would like to share this tasty Asian salad -
Ramen salad
1 (16 oz. package) cabbage slaw
1 (package) beef ramen soup mix broken up
Green onion to taste Small package of sunflower seeds
Half cup slivered almonds
Dressing:
3 tablespoons of sugar
Half cup of vegetable oil 2 tablespoons of vinegar
1 teaspoon of salt and pepper
Mix vegetables together Mix dressing together
Don't pour dressing over salad until ready to serve
Enjoy!
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The first two bottles of wine will be provided to our host homes.
Host homes prepare the entrée.
$12.50 per person/$25 per couple
There is NO cost to dinner hosts – courtesy of the NOP Board
5:30 Hor d’oeuvres, wine and beer
At the home of Nancy & Lee Mack, 60 Abbottsford Drive (Pinewild)
7:00 Intimate dinner at host homes in Pinewil
~~~MMMeeennnuuu~~~
Chicken Fajitas
Tomato Rice
Refried Beans
Outrageous Mexican Brownies
Please contact Linda Phillips at 609-226-0163, [email protected]
or Gloria Slate at 703-819-2871, [email protected]
Good Wines and Great Times!
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Welcome to the 2018 Neighbors of Pinehurst Wine Season that began in September. Groups meet approximately six times a year at each other's homes and try new and different wines with great neighbors and friends. Want to join a new wine group? We need a few more
members to form the next wine group. If you are interested in trying out new wines with friends, let me know. I can be reached at 910-603-7777, or [email protected].
Here are the suggested wines for the 2018 season:
March/April: "Pinot Noir from Regions in California": Russian River, Carneros, Santa Lucia,
Sonoma, and Anderson Valleys. May/June: "All the Colors of the Rainbow" French wines: Cassis, Rose, Beaujolais, Rhone and
Bourdeau July/August: "Classically Cool" climate wines: Sauvignon Blanc, Riesling, Pinot Noir,
Chardonnay, Ice Wine Alternate: "Well traveled South America Vines": Malbec, Carmenere, Pais, Bonarda, Cabernet
France
Cheers! Good Health!, Saude!, Bottoms Up!, Sante!, Skal!, Salud!
I encourage you to check out The Country Book Shop website at
http://www.thecountrybookshop.biz/ . The site has a current events list and they offer on-line shopping! The book store also offers a book club discount and the discount code for this quarter is BOOKWIN.
Book Club Leaders are reminded to send a copy of your reading list to The Country Book Store so they can offer club members a discount and stock a supply of your selections. Send your club’s
information to Beth Carpenter: [email protected].
Don’t forget - you must be a member of Neighbors to be a member of a Neighbors sponsored
book club. Please be sure to renew your membership by mailing a $20.00 check made out to “Neighbors of Pinehurst” to:
Jack MacMillan, Membership Chairman
16 Lochdon Court Pinehurst, NC 28374
If you are a member of Neighbors and interested in joining one of our book clubs please contact Susan Zanetti, [email protected].
If your book club makes a donation to charities within the Village, please let me know. Your charity work might be of interest to other book clubs.
JUST A REMINDER: Please donate any books you are finished reading to Dolores Flashman. Many of the book clubs are reading the same books and this is a good way to share. Dolores will circulate a list of books available to book club members and if you would like to
borrow a book, contact her. The books are left on the bench on the front porch at 37 Glasgow Drive for pick-up. If you have any questions, contact Dolores at 255-0554 or [email protected] .
Susan Zanetti
Book Club Chair
BOOK CLUB I Book Club I will meet on March 22 at the home of Paula Lyszyk. The book selection
is The Necklace by Cheryl Jarvis. BOOK CLUB II Book Club II will meet on March 9. The book selection is The Girl Who Wrote in Silk
by Kelli Estes. BOOK CLUB III Book Club III will meet on March 14 at the home of Bettyann Murphy, 390 Fairway
Circle (Pinehurst). The book selection is Calling Me Home by Julie Kibler.
BOOK CLUB IV (BRASS) The Brass book club will meet on March 28. The host is Linda Stohler Weller and the book selection is The Necklace – Thirteen Women and the Experiment that Transformed Their Lives by Cheryl Jarvis.
BOOK CLUB V Book Club V will meet on March 21 at the home of Lorrie Larson. The book selection is The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood. BOOK CLUB VI (Mystery) The Mystery Book Club will meet on March 28 at the home of Janet
Farrell. The book selection is Where It Hurts by Reed Farrel Coleman. BOOK CLUB VII (Novel Neighbors) Novel Neighbors will meet on March 12 at the home of
Linda Stevens. The book selection is South of Broad by JPat Conroy. BOOK CLUB VIII Book Club VIII will meet on March 7 at the home of Mary Ellen Cravotta. The
book selection is Brain Rules for Aging Well by John Medina.
BOOK CLUB IX Book Club IX, book club #9 will meet on March 12 at the home of Shelley Denny, 47 Abbottsford. The book selection is A Piece of the World by Christine Baker Kline.
Bridge News
The 2018 Bridge Luncheon:
Thirty-two members enjoyed a rainy day of duplicate bridge hosted by Phyllis Clark, Ladies Bridge
Chairperson, and a wonderful lunch prepared by Chef Todd at Pinewild Country Club on January 29th. Cash prizes were awarded to half the field...the four leading teams North - South and East - West. The results were as follows:
North – South Points
Team 6 1st $25 Sally Bold-Frick & Dierdre La Casse 145
Team 7 2nd $20 Honey Vickory & Pepper Bahr 144
Team 5 3rd $15 Fran Mellios & Beverly Newman 137
Team 2 4th $10 Karen Fogle & Kay Marrale 132
East – West Points
Team 2 1st $25 Barbara Ewing &Bonnie Root 129
Team 6 2nd $20 Gloria Horky & Chris Novak 125
Team 1 3rd $15 Terry Cantele & Valerie Slade 120
Team 5 4th $10 Charlotte Conradi & Dottie Smith 105
Lunch consisted of butternut squash bisque, rosemary and garlic roasted beef eye of round with apricot
and port wine sauce, whipped Yukon gold potatoes, and vegetable du jour. Dessert was a white cake filled with pistachio mouse with a whipped topping and strawberry sauce. Coffee and tea services were included.
A special “Thank You,” to Karen Fogel and Kaye Marrale who did the scoring; and to Tim Moore who wrote the scoring program.
Ladies Marathon Bridge - March
Grandslammers – Grandslammer LVI finished playing in January. The results are below.
Grandslammer LX, a Chicago Marathon, is ready to begin except we need one more team. I am beginning to take names for Grandslammer LXI, so if you aren’t already signed up for a new marathon, please do so now for the marathon of your choice and send in your money. As soon as we have eight teams ready to play, we will begin the next marathon. New members are always welcome.
The marathons are grouped . . .by the player’s preference - Chicago or Rubber bridge scoring. As soon as eight teams, in either group are signed up, play will begin.
This is a continuous process. Sign up now by calling Phyllis Clark at 215-8730 or emailing her at [email protected]. Send your check/s for $10/lady made payable to Neighbors of Pinehurst to Phyllis
Clark, 64 Stoneykirk Drive, Pinehurst, NC 28374.
The documents are sent out in PDF format and can be read and printed from Adobe Reader, just like the
newsletter. For those who do not have the email option, we will continue to use snail mail.
Hostesses, please remember to schedule your games as early as possible giving your opponents several
options. Everyone has busy schedules, so set up your game at least a month in advance. Thank you.
Need a Partner? Give Phyllis a call at 215-8730. She tries to hook up players who are looking for a
game. Have you considered playing in another marathon with a different partner? Maybe a new member? Another friend? Or someone who’s looking for a partner?
Ladies Marathon Results – Grandslammer LVI completed play in January. The teams which placed first and second had really great scores! The rest of the teams must have been in a race for third place. Or else, we were playing a different game than the winners. The final results are:
1st Connie Domingues & Audrey Larkin 25,050 $80 2nd Terry Cantele & Valerie Slade 22,520 $48
3rd Nancy Brooks & Diane Galusky 17,770 $32
Congratulations to all three teams!
Couples Marathon
Couples Marathon DD has started. Signups will continue until there are eight couples and another marathon will begin. Sign up and join in the fun! It’s a very nice way to spend an evening. Here’s wishing you great cards!
Games are scheduled so that you play with a different couple once a month for seven (7) months. If you enjoy bridge, this is a great way to meet new couples as well as spend an evening with friends. To sign
up, send a check for $15 / couple, made payable to Neighbors of Pinehurst, to Lynne Moore, 32 Lasswade Drive, Pinehurst, NC, 28374. Checks may be mailed or dropped in the basket on Lynne’s porch. If there are any questions, call Lynne at 235-3929 or email her at [email protected].
How Marathon Bridge Works – Each Marathon consists of seven months of scheduled play with one
additional month allowed for the completion of all rounds. There are no games scheduled in December. Couples or lady partners may schedule play at their convenience during the eight-month period. Signups are on a first-come-first-served basis. When a group fills up, new signups are placed on a waiting list until
there are eight teams to form a new group. This procedure continues throughout the year. So, if you are finishing one marathon and wish to continue or sign up for an additional one send in your check (s). For more information contact either Lynne or Phyllis.
Bridge Substitutes
Bridge Substitutes The following ladies are on our substitute
list. If you would like your name added to, or removed from, the list please
e-mail me at [email protected] and I will add/delete your name. Remember, you
need to be a member of Neighbors to be on the list.
Mary Ann Bartos 235-0879 Nancy Brooks 235-0357 Terry Cantele 246-1370
Janet Clark 295-3569 Phyllis Clark 215-8730 Jackie Collins 420-2152
Sue Colmer 215-0884 Charlotte Conradi 235-9202 Gail Corgan 295-2695 Arline Critchley 295-6062
Char Deiderich 295-2138 Debbi Dix 725-0018 Connie Dominguez 415-509-1945
Patty Engelking 215-8803 Karen Fogle 687-4381 Sally Bold-Frick 235-3909
Julie Gilbert 235-0509 Sue Griggs 295-4814 Bonnie Guttrich 215-8916
Kathy Hodges 919-810-3770 Joanne Hodges 420-2737 Nancy Jacobs 693-1790
Chris Johnson 215-5829
Jeane Kays 420-2876 Mickey Keller 714-496-8072 Helen Kroll 949-2361
Shirley Kronbach 215-9573 Audrey Larkin 313-401-1340 Kaye Marrale 255-0436
Fran Mellios 420-8875 Lauri Michelich 295-6881 Elly Moses 295-2271 Betty Mulvaney 295-1159
Nanette Posser 235-0011 Kathleen Richardson 255-3773 Mary Ann Rowe 215-0418
Kathy Samchalk 255-0698 Sandy Schnare 295-7589 Ann Snyder 296-2606
Myrna Spencer 215-0653 Jean Sundstrom 235-3727 JoAnn Turner 695-4365
Kathy VandenBrook 783-8665 Bonnie Wolfe 246-2417 Kathy Wharton 420-8175
Suzanne Wright 295-3386 Neighbors Bridge Groups – Neighbors supports various bridge groups by providing cards, score sheets,
etc. The requirements for being a “Neighbors” group are simple: 1) All the members must belong to Neighbors of Pinehurst. 2) You must use the ladies on the substitute list above as substitutes, whenever possible. To my knowledge there are four duplicate groups that currently qualify for support. There are two
the 1st Monday Group headed by Judith Kelley; the 1st Friday Group (Bridge Babes) headed by Phyllis Clark; and the 3rd Monday Group which Phyllis also heads up. There is another 3rd Monday Game, which plays at Elliott’s restaurant. There is a 4-table duplicate group, which plays 28 boards. They start at 9:45 and
break for lunch. Are there any other NOP groups out there?
Phyllis
NEIGHBORS OF PINEHURST 13 Linton Ct Pinehurst NC 28374
NEIGHBORS OF PINEHURST BOARD for 2018 President Karen Herring 910-628-8911 [email protected]
Vice President Pat Keegan 847-612-0504 [email protected] Secretary Nancy Mack 703-930-0157 [email protected] Treasurer Maureen Snowden 295-0066 [email protected]
Book Club Coordinator Susan Zanetti 508-400-5985 Book Club I Joan Power 295-1744
Book Club II Judie Eddy 695-3146 and Judy Scyster 295-9047 Book Club III Dolores Flashman 255-0554 Book Club IV Jane Nehlsen 215-9558
Book Club V Ann Barlow 295-4359 and Karen Teems 295-1241 Book Club VI (Mystery) BJ Barrett 295-1955 Book Club VII Sue Zanetti 295-6245
Book Club VIII Dianne Schultz 255-6251 Book Club IX Katie Dahlberg 585-7318
Bridge Phyllis Clark 215-8730 and Lynne Moore 235-3929 Dining Out Jeane Kays 420-2876 Membership Jack MacMillan 420-1344
Newsletter Janet Farrell 215-8028 Progressive Dinner Linda Phillips 609-226-0163 and Gloria Slate 703-819-2871 Publicity Gloria Bishop 420-2714
Recipe Club & Bunco Connie Heishman 717-514-9797 Social Registrar Sheila Henderson 295-1476 Sunshine Ginny Notestine 420-2968
Website Mary Schneider 215-9257
Wine Tasting Joan Blair 910-603-7777